Cybersecurity

Industry 4.0 and cybersecurity – How to protect your investment

June 18, 2024

Digital transformations are notoriously difficult for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs). SMMs need to meet production goals, recruit and retain talent

Infographic – Integrating Cybersecurity With Industry 4.0: What It Means for Manufacturing

October 26, 2023

Did you know that manufacturing is now the most targeted industry for cyber attacks? The average cost of a data breach for a small business is $105,000. Can

Video: Heroes of American Manufacturing – AMG Engineering and Machining

June 14, 2023

Small and medium-sized manufacturers sometimes think they’re too small to be a target for hackers. They may not have the resources to put into cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation for Small Manufacturers

May 12, 2023

Many small manufacturers have limited resources and lack the staff and tools to adequately address cybersecurity needs – leaving them particularly vulnerable to

Demands for Increased Visibility Are Impacting Cybersecurity Preparedness

November 9, 2022

Digitization and connectivity are having a huge impact on more than just your manufacturing operations and ability to monetize data. Your vulnerabilities also

See Yourself in Cyber

October 28, 2022

Your company is too small to be targeted for a cyberattack, right? That’s what Cincinnati Crane and Hoist (CCH) thought too. Like many small and medium-sized

Cybersecurity – A Critical Component of Industry 4.0 Implementation

September 7, 2022

This blog is the second in a series on cybersecurity and Industry 4.0. In blog one of this series on “Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 – What You Need to Know” we

Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 – What You Need to Know

May 11, 2022

This blog is part one of a series on cybersecurity and Industry 4.0. This morning my favorite local morning news program had an interesting segment on new slang

Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector: Reduce Data Integrity Breaches with NIST SP 1800-10

April 21, 2022

Industrial control systems (ICS) help manufacturers boost productivity, optimize efficiency and advance production lines. Historically, ICS networks were

Supporting Digital Transformation with Legacy Components

July 20, 2021

“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” – Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research Digital

Commonly Misused Terms in Cybersecurity

June 25, 2021

Words are hard. English is hard. How we manage to communicate anything is nigh a miracle. Sometimes I wish I was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain or any of the other

Maintaining Your Online Privacy

May 28, 2021

It might not be the most important subject on your mind when running your business, but online privacy is becoming increasingly important as we move closer to a

Data Breach Notification Laws: How to Manufacture a Confident Response

May 24, 2021

With the number of reported data breaches steadily increasing every year, they are in the news so frequently that it’s hard to keep them all straight. In 2017

Whether You Build Them or Buy Them – IoT Device Security Concerns Us All

April 15, 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) offers many attractions for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) who may want to integrate IoT into their facilities and

Detecting Abnormal Cyber Behavior Before a Cyberattack

March 5, 2021

The promise of advanced manufacturing technologies — also known as smart factories or Industry 4.0 — is that by networking our machines, computers, sensors and

The Future of Connected Devices

October 27, 2020

With the increasing power of digital technology, the vision of a connected manufacturing system that can sense, analyze and respond will soon be a reality. This

Securing Internet-Connected Medical Devices

October 22, 2020

Lions and Tigers and Bears — Oh My! Upon arrival in an unfamiliar landscape in The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy observed, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas

Suspicious Minds: Non-Technical Signs Your Business Might Have Been Hacked

October 13, 2020

I grew up in the outer suburbs of New York City. My dad commuted to the city for work, as did most of our neighbors, but as kids we rarely went into the city

If You Connect It, Protect It!

October 6, 2020

Meet Humphrey Humphrey is a gray squirrel that a friend of mine rescued as an abandoned baby squirrel. For weeks, my friend and his family nursed the young

Creating a Culture of Security

September 28, 2020

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It also happens to be (among other things) Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dental Hygiene Month, National

7 Manufacturing Digitization Challenges — and How to Overcome Them

June 25, 2020

Artificial intelligence ( AI)-powered robots, 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT)...there’s a whole world of advanced manufacturing technology and

When Business is Slow

April 21, 2020

Nobody likes business to be slow. If you’re in a fast-paced world like manufacturing, seeing your machines or employees idle can drive a person insane. If you

20 Cybersecurity Statistics Manufacturers Can’t Ignore

February 27, 2020

Cybersecurity threats are a huge business risk for all companies. S mall and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — including manufacturers — are especially

The Monroe Cable Company Credits Cybersecurity Remediation for Retaining a Number of Employees

February 19, 2020

The Monroe Cable Company, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of wire and cable. The company supplies the New York City Transit Authority, the New York City Fire

How Vulnerable Are You To a Cyber Attack? A Self-Assessment Tool for Manufacturers

December 17, 2019

It’s important for everyone — manufacturers and others — to recognize the threat of cyber attacks and how to prevent them. The vulnerabilities exploited by

How to Recover from a Cyber Attack

December 10, 2019

This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek . Guest blog post by Traci Spencer , Grant Program Manager for TechSolve, Inc., the southwest regional partner

How to Respond to a Cyber Attack

November 14, 2019

This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek . Guest blog post by Traci Spencer, Grant Program Manager for TechSolve, Inc., the southwest regional partner

How to Detect a Cyber Attack Against Your Company

November 7, 2019

If your manufacturing facility was targeted by a cyber criminal, would you be able to recognize the threat? Or, if an employee was doing something malicious

How to Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks

October 22, 2019

In part one of the MEP National Network five-part series on “Cybersecurity for Manufacturers,” we covered how to spot infrastructure weaknesses that open the

How to Identify Your Company’s Cybersecurity Risks

October 10, 2019

According to a 2018 IBM-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute , the global average for a data breach is $3.86 million. That breaks down to almost $150 per

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